Interlude Pt.2: Keeping Appointments and Following Others
5 Hours Earlier
Ciel's P.O.V.
"I suppose this solves the Jack the Ripper case. Well that was easier than I had expected." Ciel said with a sigh of relief before shuddering in discomfort as he remembered what he had to do just a few hours ago. "That perverted Viscount will rot in prison now, and I never, ever, wish to see another corset in my life…" He thought to himself as he relived for a second the torture that had been putting one on. And why had he had to wear one? Well after Ciel, Sebastian, Madame Red, and Lau had left to pay a visit to Lord Randall, the commissioner of Scotland Yard, and Abberline, some rookie detective who was his new partner, to see if they could get any useful Intel on the recent murders as well as getting a look at one of the corpses but got nothing of importance so they decided to go see another specialist on this matters. They went to see the Undertaker, a contact of his who would deliver him any information he needed regarding the British underworld at ridiculous prices, quite literally, given he did not demand money but jokes as compensation for the information. So Ciel had spent all afternoon listening to Lau and Madame Red try their luck at making him laugh with corny jokes and distasteful gossip until finally Sebastian told him a joke so amusing he was happy to tell them everything he knew and more. Then after learning the way in which the killer was operating, disfiguring the bodies and taking organs from the corpses, they concluded it had to be an individual, most likely a noble, who possessed the necessary medical skills to perform a surgery within minutes on an open road and probably had to be affiliated with some secret society given that most people who were at the time, tended to perform strange rituals that required organ removals. After they discussed who could it be, they finally narrowed down the Viscount of Druitt as the prime suspect from a list Ciel had Sebastian put together, and decided to disguise themselves and sneak into a gathering he happened to be hosting that same evening. But somehow they made him agree to a plan where he had to specifically dress up as a girl in order to seduce the Viscount, who just happened to like any pretty little thing in a skirt. And so that's when his torture began. They gave him all the lessons a girl has to have in order to become proper lady throughout her whole live in one hour, followed by trapping him in a vile corset, and then being submitted to the horrible trying of dress after dress until finally his aunt had decided he looked just like a girl. But it had not been for nothing as after a few misunderstandings, Lizzy and Amelia randomly showing up at the gathering and almost busting him, having the Viscount get a bit too hands on with him one too many times, and getting drugged and kidnapped before being auctioned off, Ciel had finally been able to catch Jack the Ripper.
"That is all that matters..." he thought as he took another sip from his tea. As he did this Sebastian smirked and placed the day's newspaper in front of him. Ciel didn't fail to catch the mocking look the demon gave him and glared back at him.
"What is it demon?"
"Young master, you might wish to read todays's headlines."
Ciel raised an eyebrow at his comment but none the less picked the newspaper up and quickly scanned it.
"The Ripper Strikes Again: Prostitute Murdered in Alley"
Ciel's eyes widen for a split second before they went back to normal. He would not give the wretched demon the satisfaction of seeing him distressed. It was bad enough he had to admit he had been right all along...
"Well demon, we go to plan B after all. Have a carriage ready, we'll leave at nightfall." Ciel then told Sebastian as he put the newspaper down and slowly got up.
"We've got a murder to stop and an appointment to keep."
Sebastian smirked even wider.
"Yes, young master."
2 Hours Earlier
Amelia's POV
Amy yawned tiredly as she began to take off her dress and corset, and slipped into her nightgown. It was quite late, and she was exhausted. After she left the house in tears Grell took her to a bakery nearby and she got some cake and tea, and laughed at Grell's antics for a while. Then as they where preparing to leave and go back to the house Elizabeth showed up out of the blue and unable to contain her excitement at seeing Amelia, she invited her to a ball at Lord Druitt's home. At first Amelia did not wish to attend but after Lizzie being so persistent about it for a good ten minutes she finally agreed and left with with her and Paula after sending Grell back to the house to let her brother know where she would be. Lizzie then took her back to her London home, dressed her up in a bright pink gown that wasn't much to her liking, and then and only then did they leave to attend the event. Once they got there they danced, ate, and laughed, and she even saw Madame Red there for a while but only from a distance. Every time she tried to get close to say a quick hello for some reason or another something kept her from getting closer so in the end she just gave up. Something similar happened to Elizabeth as well with a beautiful girl in a pink dress and long dark pigtails but after a while she gave up as well and after it got quite late they both decided to leave. Elizabeth escorted her back home, and then she left after suffocating Amy for a good five minutes reminding her all the while to say hello to her darling Ciel.
"I'm just glad to be home..." She thought to herself as she made her way to the window of her current room. As she had been making her way back home with Lizzie she hadn't helped but noticed that the moon looked so beautiful that particular night, and she wanted to see it once more. But as she found herself looking out her window something called Amelia's attention. More specifically a carriage stationed in front of the house and Ciel and Sebastian walking towards it in a hurry, practically dressed in rags.
"What are these two up two?"
She was really dying to know. It had to be something important for Ciel to be dressed like that and maybe it would actually help explain some of his strange behavior lately. "I have to do this..." She then thought to herself as she quickly ran out of her room, not even stopping to put on some shoes or grab a coat, and made her way down the stairs and out of the house. She then sneaked behind some bushes and waited for Sebastian to help Ciel into the carriage and tell the driver where they were going.
"Whitechapel, in the East End of London..."
And just like that she knew where to go.
10 Min. Earlier, Somewhere In an London Alley
Unknown P.O.V.
"So this is what England looked like in the eighteenth century, ha? Not bad…" I thought as I jumped on the roof of a house, landing right next to Ryan.
"Are you sure they're going this way Sutcliff? We can't mess this up, if we do that, it means game over for everyone, not just here but back home as well, okay?" I asked scanning the streets in search for our assignment.
"I'm sure Spurling, don't forget I come from here, so I would never let anything happen to this place or back to my new "home", alright?"
"I'm just making sure, Sutcliff. I'm just making sure." I told him with a glare. Had he really thought I hadn't notice the little tone he had used when he said home? There is something shady going on with Ryan Sutcliff and I sure don't like it. I should've tried harder to get rid of him back home… oh well but at least, like he'd said before, he was actually from this time period so he knew a few things to help us blend in and as much as I hated to admit, he had been really helpful in locating the people we where supposed to be keeping an eye on. But that doesn't mean he's clear, it only means he's useful and anyways I shouldn't forget why I don't trust him. I mean after what happened last time we were paired up together, who could blame me for not trusting this guy. But who knows, if what it said on the file was true he might even come in handy handling her... but I really hope it isn't and she isn't here.
"Hey Ryan?"
"Oh you remembered my name, I'm flattered. Does this mean we're finally in the first name basis again, Spurling?"
"He hasn't changed a bit from then either. He's still is so annoying... urgh!" I thought to herself and rolled my eyes at him.
"No, Ryan list-
"You're doing it again, I guess we are back on first name basis, after all." He interrupted me with a chuckle and made me sigh exasperated.
"Stop it! What I want to ask you is serious an-and anyways just because I called you by your first name again doesn't mean anything Sutcliff..."
"Alright, what is it? spit it out."
"Do... do y-you really th-ink she's here? You know... like it said in the report..."
In that moment I guess my face must have looked terribly distressed for, for a fraction of a second Ryan's face softened before it went back to normal, and he said, "Don't worry about it, even is she's here it won't be like last time... this time I won't let her come near you." After saying that, sensing my fast coming complains to the fact he had just told me he would protect me, I mean as if I really needed him to protect me, he quickly turned around so I could not say anything and jump onto another rooftop before he began searching the streets for our assignment again.
I was furious. I didn't needed Sutcliff to keep me safe. I never have...
"Please, as if..." I then thought before jumping towards the direction he did and landing right next to him.
"I mean even if I were considering to trust him to have my back once more, I can't... not after last time..."
With those final musings I finally broke out of my thoughts and shivered in disgust as I realized I had been starring at him all the while I was daydreaming. "Good thing he had been too busy looking down some ally. I wouldn't want him to get any funny ideas..." I then thought as I too turned to look at the streets once more. Then, after a while of pure silence and nothing really happening, all of the sudden crying and yelling could be heard nearby. I turned to look at Ryan and he turned to look at me. Then we both nodded, before taking our scythes out, me my swords and him his guns, and quickly running to grab impulse before jumping towards the direction of the noises. We both landed in a squat with a soft thud, our head looking down. We were inside some dirty alley now, but we were definitely closer to our target. The noises from before had become clearer and now we knew exactly where to go. We turned to look at each other once more, and nodded again before jumping into the night sky for a second time. As we fell back down towards our destination, thunder began to roar and it wasn't long after we had landed again, this time standing straight up though, thats when the cold and hard water droplets started to fall against my skin. I rolled my eyes and glared up at the sky. "Why does it always rain at times like these?" I asked out loud while giving the bird to the sky. Sutcliff just stared at me waiting right in front of our assignment, probably waiting to see if I was done with my antics. "Geez, okay I get it, I'm wasting time but please don't stare at me like that Sutcliff, it's off putting." I told him as I walked up towards and him and we both turned to look at what was happening right in front of us. A red eyed demon seemed to be fighting none other than Ryan's infamous brother, Grell Sutcliff. There was also a woman dressed in all red who was pointing a knife at two kids, a boy with and eye patch and younger red-haired girl. The children seemed scared, well at least the red head did. The blue eyes boy just stared glaring towards the woman with the knife while the little red head shook and embraced him, weeping. The girls even tried to reason with woman, reminded her they were her nephew and niece.
"So she's their aunt… this is really messed up." I couldn't help but think as the woman yelled, "I am Jack The Ripper, and now it is time for the both of you to die, as you shouldn't have been born in the first place!" Before she got her knife up in the air, and ran towards the kids ready to kill them once and for all.
"Alright, you take care of those two idiots, since one of them is related to you," I told Ryan as I unsheathed my sword. "I'll play babysitter with the kiddies, alright?"
He nodded and got his guns ready.
"Alright Sutcliff, let's roll."
And just like that we jumped into action.
